Diocese of Dourados
| Diocese of Dourados | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campo Grande |
| Diocesan bishop | Henrique Aparecido De Lima CSsR |
| Vicar General | Alberto Wiese |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 38,125 km² |
| Parishes | 31 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 535,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 375,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 70.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 40 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,356 |
| Permanent deacons | 11 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 64 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 90 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
| address | Cúria Diocesana C.P. 493 Rua João Cândido Câmara 400-C 79804-970 Dourados, MS Brazil |
| Website | http://www.diocesedourados.com.br/ |
The diocese of Dourados ( lat. : Dioecesis Auratopolitanus ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Dourados in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul .
history
The diocese of Dourados was on June 15, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from the cession of territory by the Corumbá diocese . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Campo Grande as a suffragan . On June 1, 2011, the Diocese of Dourados gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Naviraí .
Bishops of Dourados
- José de Aquino Pereira , 1958–1960, then Bishop of Presidente Prudente
- Carlos Schmitt OFM , 1960-1970
- Theodard Leitz OFM, 1970-1990
- Albert Först OCarm , 1990-2001
- Redovino Rizzardo CS , 2001-2015
- Henrique Aparecido De Lima CSsR , since 2015